Ahead of Sandy, New York Clears Out

As Sandy bore down on the northeastern U.S., the city that never sleeps may have been awake, but it certainly wasn't out enjoying the weather. Scenes from a locked-down New York.

Updated Oct. 29, 2012 12:13 p.m. ET

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The floor of the New York Stock Exchange was empty of traders Monday morning, after stock and options exchanges and their regulators decided late Sunday that U.S. markets would be closed for the day.
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A subway platform at the Columbus Circle station stood bare; the city closed its 24/7 subway system Sunday evening.
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Entrances to subway stations were cordoned off. The shutdown appeared likely to last for days, officials said, and would depend on the extent of flooding and the length of time needed to restore power.
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Outside the Army recruiting station in Times Square, a lone pedestrian carried a newspaper and a cup of coffee across an empty street.
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At Grand Central Terminal, MTA police officers made sure lingering commuters and travelers were cleared out Sunday evening. Metro-North began their final northbound runs before the storm Sunday evening.
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Assistant Station Master Cory Harris locked the main entrance to Grand Central after the departure of the last northbound trains Sunday evening.
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Cars streaked across the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday evening toward Brooklyn, with Lower Manhattan still alight in the background, as the storm began to arrive. Closure of city bridges and tunnels Monday morning was 'highly likely,' a Port Authority spokeswoman said Sunday evening.
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A pedestrian walked past tarp-covered fruit and vegetable stalls at the Fairway grocery store on Broadway and 74th Street late Sunday.
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A woman pulled her luggage and her dog along a nearly deserted Broadway near Wall Street in lower Manhattan Sunday evening, as the city evacuated hundreds of thousands of residents from low-lying areas.
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The Hudson River rose and slid over the deserted waterfront in Hoboken, N.J., Monday.
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